Change Manager Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Change Manager
South East > Berkshire

The median Change Manager daily rate in Berkshire is £635, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 89 93
Rank change year-on-year -8 +4 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 24 6 17
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.27% 0.51% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 0.55% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 13
10th Percentile £469 £388 £463
25th Percentile £525 £405 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £635 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +49.41% -15.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £650 £438 £588
90th Percentile - £565 £599
South East median daily rate £564 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +28.97% -12.50% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile £83.50 - -
25th Percentile £85.00 - -
Median hourly rate £87.00 - £61.06
75th Percentile £88.00 - -
90th Percentile £88.90 - -
South East median hourly rate £87.00 £70.00 £61.06
% change year-on-year +24.29% +14.64% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,735 1,085 1,550
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.80% 91.95% 91.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,051 675 842
10th Percentile £349 £326 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £738 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.31% +4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 41 85
10th Percentile £21.25 £14.75 £19.93
25th Percentile £31.25 £17.30 £51.52
Median hourly rate £81.75 £37.28 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +119.29% -39.48% +6.54%
75th Percentile £88.00 £70.00 £75.40
90th Percentile £104.00 £87.50 £94.50
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +108.45% -56.15% +14.70%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Change Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Change Manager job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Change Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in Berkshire

Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Manager in Berkshire over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Change Manager in Berkshire

Change Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in Berkshire

Change Manager
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Manager within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 20 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -13 14 £525 +4.48% 1
Bracknell - 5 £650 -
Wokingham - 2 £475 -
Change Manager
South East

Change Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 20 August 2026, Change Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 21 (87.50%) Change Management
1 21 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 15 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 13 (54.17%) ITIL
3 13 (54.17%) ITSM
3 13 (54.17%) ServiceNow
4 12 (50.00%) Project Management
4 12 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (45.83%) Impact Assessments
5 11 (45.83%) PMP
5 11 (45.83%) Service Management
6 10 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (41.67%) PMI Certification
6 10 (41.67%) Service Delivery
6 10 (41.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (33.33%) Computer Science
7 8 (33.33%) Degree
8 7 (29.17%) DV Cleared
8 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
8 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
9 6 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 6 (25.00%) Performance Management
10 5 (20.83%) PMO
10 5 (20.83%) Project Delivery
11 3 (12.50%) Change Advisory Board
11 3 (12.50%) Integration Testing
11 3 (12.50%) SAP
11 3 (12.50%) System Integration Testing
12 2 (8.33%) Analytics

Change Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (87.50%) Change Management
2 13 (54.17%) ITIL
2 13 (54.17%) ITSM
3 12 (50.00%) Project Management
3 12 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (45.83%) Impact Assessments
4 11 (45.83%) Service Management
5 10 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (41.67%) Service Delivery
5 10 (41.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (33.33%) Computer Science
7 6 (25.00%) Performance Management
8 5 (20.83%) Project Delivery
9 3 (12.50%) Change Advisory Board
9 3 (12.50%) Integration Testing
9 3 (12.50%) System Integration Testing
10 2 (8.33%) Analytics
10 2 (8.33%) Data Analytics
10 2 (8.33%) ERP
10 2 (8.33%) Performance Monitoring
Qualifications
1 21 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 15 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 11 (45.83%) PMP
4 10 (41.67%) PMI Certification
5 8 (33.33%) Degree
6 7 (29.17%) DV Cleared
7 1 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) PMO
2 2 (8.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 13 (54.17%) ServiceNow
2 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.50%) SAP
4 2 (8.33%) Virgin Media
5 1 (4.17%) Salesforce